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# Re: diffs between parent/child location/contents

- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 16:07:58 PST
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    At 3:36 PM 1/25/96, Kipp the Kidd wrote:
    >Why:
    >
    >parent(obj)   instead of  obj.parent?
    >children(obj) instead of  obj.children?

    The concept of parents and children is something inherent to an
    object-oriented language.

    >obj.location  instead of  location(obj)?
    >obj.contents  instead of  contents(obj)?

    Location and contents, on the other hand, are simply data that are specific
    to the implementation of MOO.

    This may not be a great explanation, but it's the best one I can think of...

    Matt Pauker

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